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Objective To evaluate the effects of intravitreal ranibizumab therapy for serous pigment epithelial detachment (sPED) secondary to exudative age-related macular degeneration(eAMD). Methods Twenty-three eyes from 23 patients of eAMD with sPED were enrolled in this study. The best corrected visual acuity, ocular coherence tomography (OCT), maximum PED height from baseline, volume of PED and central fovea thickness(CFT)were collected monthly for these patients. And the patients were receiced intravitreal injection with ranibizumab of 0.5 mg of three consecutive monthly injections. Results No complications were observed during the study period. After 6 months follow-up, 17 eyes improved, 4 eyes unchanged and only 2 eye decreased. The best corrected visual acuity was from 0.77±0.39 up to 0.61±0.27(t=2.601, P < 0.05). It was observed by OCT that the PED height was decreased from (357.2±171.9)μm (before treatment) to (247.7±171.7)μm (after treatment) (t=3.192, P < 0.05) and the volume of PED was decreased from(0.741±1.012) mm3 to (0.337±0.498) mm3 (t=2.502, P < 0.05). The central foveal thickness was decreased from (317.9±73.8)μm to (302.5±89.3)μm, but the difference were no statistically significantly (t=0.887, P > 0.05). Conclusion Ranibizumab may be an effective treatment for improving vision and reducing the degree of PED in eAMD patients.

Citation: ZhaoChun, WangFang, ChenLei. Effect of ranibizumab on serous pigment epithelial detachments associated with wet age-related macular degeneration. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2015, 31(1): 27-30. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1005-1015.2015.01.008 Copy